| Minimally invasive knee replacements are popular | | | | flex if improper implants are chosen. |
| amongst patients. The perceived benefits are less | | | | Many patients who were in dire need of knee |
| post op pain, less requirement for analgesics, and | | | | replacement for arthritis are now thronging to have |
| faster return to normal activity. The surgeon | | | | their operations done in Chennai. Although TKR is not |
| performs through traditional open surgery, downsizing | | | | new to Indians, the procedure did not find many |
| the incision. The instruments used are miniature | | | | takers earlier, about 12,000 knee per year before for |
| versions of the standard instrumentation. Through | | | | the whole of India. These numbers are poised to |
| smaller incisions standard and high flex knee | | | | grow exponentially, with the advent of newer |
| replacements can be done. | | | | designs and inflow of patients from abroad. |
| High flex knee replacements are the latest advance in | | | | Orthopedic surgery is affordable in Chennai's hospitals |
| Knee replacement surgery in India. Indian orthopedic | | | | and is world class. |
| surgeons are now able to provide this operation to | | | | Another attraction is Minimally invasive surgery an |
| patients with a higher functional demand of knee | | | | operation in which incisions are smaller than usual. This |
| bending. Arabs, South Indians, Japanese customs call | | | | reduces blood loss and post operative pain and allows |
| for knee bending in activities like sitting cross legged, | | | | quicker return of function. Again MIS and High flex |
| kneeling, stair climbing, use of Indian toilet and prayer. | | | | knee replacements are world class operations |
| Hitherto knee replacements only afforded ninety | | | | available in India at very affordable costs minus the |
| degrees of bend. A new knee prosthesis allows 155 | | | | hassles of grappling with insurance companies, |
| degrees of bending. Even computer assisted | | | | Medicare, Government NHS etc. |
| navigational surgery cannot achieve this degree of | | | | |